Letters to the editor - August 14

Published
5:09 pm CDT, Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Another NFL season of disrespect

To the editor:

Another football season starting with NFL players refusing to stand to honor our flag. The liberal media states not standing for the National Anthem is exercising free speech. It is not allowed to shout “Fire” in a place of entertainment. That free speech would not apply. Football players accuse President Trump of being racist to tell them to stand for the National Anthem.

The standing does not apply to blacks alone, it is for all Americans to stand for our flag and military. all men of all colors and backgrounds should honor our flag. If NFL players feel they are being treated unjustly, I refer them to the over 120 thousand Japanese Americans who were put in internment camps during World War II. They lost their property and business. Just because their native country attacked the United States, they do not dishonor our flag.

The Native American Indians treated unjustly through the centuries do not dishonor our flag. The Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Vietnam veterans, and other veterans organizations claim to honor our flag and veterans. If their members spend one moment of their time watching NFL events or give one cent of their money to purchase NFL products they are betraying the trust we bestow upon them to honor our flag.

Ted Lontkowski

The Woodlands

About time for a Space Force

To the editor:

This week the Courier published a story about how the Trump Administration is proposing to expand the federal bureaucracy by establishing the U.S. Space Force. It is about time. Many Americans have trouble sleeping, worrying about our susceptibility to an intergalactic invasion. The threat of Martian illegal immigration is a greater risks than that from Mexico.

Think about it; you have smugglers like Han Solo and Lando Calrissian by passing our national tariff’s by bringing in cheap commodities from the Alderon system. The fishing fleets in Sea Brook and Port Bolivar can be devastated by cheap seafood imports from the Crab Nebula. We need a space force to assure fair trade and proper immigration.

One big positive about the Space Force is that when the teacher tells you your child is a space cadet that means your child has a needed skill. We are a country of opportunity, even a space cadet can become President. Trump has proven that.

Who will be nominated to head the USSF? Unfortunately Darth Vader was killed so he is not available. I think Trump and Vader could have worked well together. Mr. Spock also died. Finding a leader with enough intergalactic travel experience, who can make snap decisions during warp speed is going to be tough. If Trump chooses an alien from Orion or another far off system hopefully, unlike Paul Manafort or Rick Gates, they will be vetted properly. Because if the new General is found to be an illegal alien, CNN will blast his administration.

I have a theory that this whole Space Force idea was caused by MSNBC. Trump was watching cable news and as Rachel Maddow attacked him personally, he flipped channels and found the classic movie Independence Day. You remember this movie. It is about how the President saved the world from alien invasion on the 4th of July. The best part is that Los Angeles, the nation’s bastion of progressives was destroyed. I figure, that Trump figures, that by creating the Space Force he gets a head start on his grand fantasy.

Ironically the Space Force idea was launched the same week the Trump Treasury Department announced that the federal budget deficit for July set a record for being the largest monthly deficit in an economic expansion period ever. This more than 20% jump in government borrowing combined with the creation of a whole new department fits perfectly with the new Republican Party’s mantra: the bigger and more bloated the federal government the better. Qapla.

P.S. For all of you current and future space cadets, Qapla means “have a nice day” in Klingon. I wonder if Congressman Brady speaks Klingon?

Tim Doherty

Conroe

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